...Atripla is a medication which is least associated with facial lipoatrophy. There is a trend towards improvement of facial wasting when either AZT or d4T is changed to Viread which is one of the nucleosides in Atripla. There are effective...
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...| Personal Stories Basics and Prevention When I seroconverted, I lost some weight and experienced visible facial wasting. Is this normal? What can I do to get back to my normal appearance? I've noticed that my eyes are beginning to...
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...progress made in developingantiretroviral therapies, prophylaxis and treatments foropportunistic infections, the prevalence of wastingsyndrome appears to be increasing. Two studies havereported an increase in wasting syndrome as the...
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...I'm sorry to come on board, but I need help. My husband is wasting away. He's newly on meds, but not gaining. It seems as though his buttcheeks are completely gone. I don't know what to do. I'm
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...of us infected have feared the onset of facial wasting. The longer we are on medications the more we become concerned. Facial wasting causes great anxiety due to the stigma and discrimination that often accompanies it! These circumstances affect...
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